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Sunday, 23 September 2012

TLFG: 24-30 September 2012

You may have guessed I've just walked in the door from White Hart Lane having watched QPR dominate Spurs for long periods and still lost.

To add insult to injury, it's been a thoroughly grotty day in London and the clouds saved their biggest shower for the last few hundred yards of my walk home.

Aside from the negatives, QPR were really good today despite having most of their first choice defenders out injured. When Jose Bosingwa went off in the first minute and got replaced by Kieron Dyer we thought we were in for a thrashing.

However, Dyer was arguably Rangers' best player and showed some real flashes of brilliance. If he stays fit, Mark Hughes' seemingly strange decision to offer him a new contract could prove to be an act of genius.

Although they won today, Tottenham fans will probably still be a little concerned. Apart from the two or three minutes when they scored their goals, they really were very average. You know they have the quality and I felt that if they'd wanted to win handsomely then they probably could've done - but that was they point, they didn't seem to want it.

The stories about new boss Andre Villas-Boas and unrest in the Spurs camp looked to have some foundation after this performance.

Ultimately though, Tottenham won and QPR still have only two points to their name and a mounting injury list. Rangers now have two home games in a week against Reading (in the Cup) and West Ham United with wins in both a must in order to keep up morale.

Tottenham Hotspur defend a second-half corner as QPR look to equalise

Sadly this week's blog is going to be slightly shorter than normal as I'm really pushed for time. As a result there will be no TLFG Top 10 which is a shame as there are some big derbies on - Arsenal v Chelsea and Sporting Bengal United v Bethnal Green United being just two of the fine matches on offer.

Take a good look at the ticket news below too. There are two matches on general sale at Arsenal which is almost unheard of while you can get cheap entry to Chelsea, QPR and West Ham for their midweek League Cup ties.

LATEST TICKET NEWS

Each week at TLFG we attempt to compile a list of what's on general sale to non-members at London's Premier League clubs and for other notable matches (click on the team name for details).

This week is a bumper one for football fans in the capital. There are over 90 matches taking place including some big derbies and a batch of ties in the League Cup, FA Cup and FA Trophy.

With all that in mind, here's this week's match map. If you've never used it before, please note that when there is more than one match at a specific ground you'll only be able to see individual match pins if you zoom right in. If you don't, the pins obscure each other and you might miss them. To avoid this, you can also scroll down the list of games on the left side of the page to make sure you get all the information.

About Me

I'm a QPR fan and follower of Harrow Borough in the Isthmian League.
In 2010 I set up Non-League Day to help promote semi-professional and grassroots football. I'm hoping that TLFG will help provide a similar boost for football clubs around the capital.
I also worked at BBC Sport for 10 years before it relocated to Salford but decided not to go, such was my love of London.